Tesla M6 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking281not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.14no data
Power efficiency16.87no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP106GM204
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)30 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12801536
Core clock speed1506 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1180 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6113.3
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs8096

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s160.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 11 months, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

Tesla M6 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Tesla M6 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Tesla M6 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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